Lets start with the latter and then carry onto the former, sound good? Elevensies is apparently an extra snack time that the british celebrate, not necessarily at eleven 'o'clock, but usually sometime before lunchtime and after breakfast. So basically they have this awesome excuse to have cookies around an hour before lunch time. Look on average(this is referring to no actual scientific data, just what's in my head) the english tend to be less obese than americans. Could this in part be due to their day being broken up by delightful snack times which leaves the body more time to digest and so you never get as devastatingly hungry as you would if you keep your meals so separate, and thus over eat. What I am postulating could be wrong, but in any regard its a good excuse to take a break and have a snack. I found/remembered about elevensies from reading The Greenstone Grail by Amanda Hemingway, first book in a great trilogy.
Onto Bubblegum pop, which sounds a little too sweet for comfort. At times it really is, and I am not even quite sure if this band fits under that category, but they make me dance and smile like the sunniest happiest day, so I think it might qualify. The band I am referring to is Throw Me the Statue, which is kind of a strange name. Are they referring to some colossal game of catch between The Hulk and King Kong? Maybe its just a small statue...Also I was looking for a video and came across their one for Lolita. The song has some good references to the book of the same title by Vladimir Nabokov, I recommend it and also caution that it might be a little strange and definitely inappropriate at times. So two things 1) when I heard the beginning of the song I realized I finally found this song that I had been looking for for some time, 2) there are a surpising number of songs with references to Lolita, I should compile a list if I ever get around to it. Without further ado:
Throw Me the Statue
Lolita
until next time!
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